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              projected that 75% of GDP       block chain, GIS, GPS, etc.     Government       of     India
              and new jobs will be created    are disrupting the urban        organised the  Youth20 (Y20)
              in the cities. This poses       processes by intelligent and    Summit-2023 under India’s
              huge challenges for urban       smart planning, infrastructure   G20 Presidency. During  the
              planning and infrastructure     and     services,   transport   summit, Y20  Communiqué
              development. The issues of      systems, land management        was signed with the following
              pollution, climate change,      and  enforcement.  According    major recommendations:
              economic development, jobs,     to NASSCOM- McKinsey
              water, energy, together with    Report         ‘Sustainability  •   Empower          Lifelong
              ecology, greenery, slums and    Opportunity for Tech Services       Learning
              housing, traffic jams, lack     and Solutions’  (2022) digital   •   Prepare   The    Global
              of spaces for pedestrians,      technologies, such as Cloud,        Workforce for Global
              cyclists,  etc.  This calls for   IOT, Block chain and  AI          Challenges
              radical  changes   in   urban   (Artificial     Intelligence),
              development and planning        can  be  critical  in  evolving   •   Strengthen  International
              with new technologies for       sustainability     solutions,       Research Collaboration
              climate and disaster resilience,   energy       management,
              sustainable  and   innovative   real estate and buildings,      •   Promote  Universal  Gig
              ways of land assembly, financial   benefitting bottom lines and     Worker Rights and
              investments, new partnerships,   accelerating deliveries.       •   Implement      Accessible
              and participatory approaches.                                       Sustainable    Financing
                                              It is estimated that in the
              The paradigm of sustainable     next 25 years, the number of        and Mentoring.
              development       aims     to   buildings  in  India  will  grow   Reiterating the universality,
              synthesise  with its humane,    six times. These have to be     indivisibility,  and  integrated
              economic,     environmental,    net zero and energy efficient.   nature  of  the  2030  Agenda,
              cultural, and social  aspects,   This involves upgrading the    the Indian Presidency put
              protecting the rights of the    power monitoring system,        sustainable     development
              poor, informal sector, women    unlocking         renewable,    at   the   centre   of    the
              and  vulnerable  communities    smart waste management/         international    cooperation
              and provide them with           recycling with easy to digest   agenda, and strengthening
              housing, water, sanitation,     dashboards, which provide       the  interlinkages  between
              renewable electricity, and jobs.   real time measurement of     development,  climate  and
              It seeks to integrate human     power load. Digital Twins       environment.      Sustainable
              and physical  geography by      provide a technology platform   development is not possible
              a shift from unsustainable      for 3D modeling and virtual     without gender equality that
              urban growth to a circular,     representation of an object or   means to ensure equal access
              sustainable eco-city.           a  system  that  uses  sensors,   to quality and safe education,
                                              drones, 5G Internet of Things   economic,     digital    and
              The    new    technology   is
              necessary for delivery with     (IoT)  and  industrial  IoT  (Iot)   health resources, and social
              speed, scale, and skills.       data.                           protection.
              The ICT (Information  and       Youth 20 Communiqué             Understanding  the Needs
              Communication Technology),                                      of the Urban Youth.
              Artificial  Intelligence,  Big   The Department of  Youth
              Data    Analytics,   Machine    Affairs,     Ministry      of   Maslow presented a need
              Learning, Deep Learning,        Youth  Affairs and Sports,      hierarchy   for   people   at


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